Easily installed belt

ABSTRACT

A temporary replacement for a car endless fan belt, the device consisting of a single length of durable rubber belt that can be stretched to fit around a pump pulley and a crank shaft pulley, so that the car can proceed to travel in case its regular fan belt is broken, thus permitting the automobile reach a Service Station for assistance, one end of the rubber belt having a tubular wire mesh secured therearound and extending therefrom, while the other end of the belt has a male member secured thereto which has a series of barbs projecting radially therefrom, so that when the male member is fitted in the tubular wire mesh on the other end of the belt, the barbs hold the ends securely together.

United States Patent [191 Jackson EASILY INSTALLED BELT [76] Inventor:Burtis R. Jackson, c/o George Spector 3615 Woolworth Building 233Broadway, New York, NY. 10007 Filed: June 26, 1972 1 Appl. No.: 266,344

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[451 J'an.29, 1974 3,482,462 12/1969 Dahlem 74/238 3,631,732 1/1972Kleban Primary Examiner-Leonard H. Gerin 57 ABSTRACT A temporaryreplacement for a car endless fan belt, the device consisting of asingle length of durable rubber belt that can be stretched to fit arounda pump pulley and a crank shaft pulley, so that the car can proceed totravel in case its regular fan belt is broken,

. thus permitting the automobile reach a Service Station for assistance,one end of the rubber belt having a tubular wire mesh securedtherearound and extending therefrom, while the other end of the belt hasa male member secured thereto which has a series of barbs projectingradially therefrom, so that when the male member is fitted in thetubular wire mesh on the other end of the belt, the barbs hold the endssecurely to- 1 Claim, 3 Drawing Figures EASILY INSTALLED BELT Thisinvention relates generally to automotive accessories.

It is well known that sometimes a fan belt of a car can break while acar is traveling, thus causing the engine Other objects are to providean EASY BELT which is simple in design, inexpensive tomanufacture,rugged in construction, easy to use and efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily apparent upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side view of the invention installed around a pair ofpulleys.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the belt ends shown in asame plane and disconnected from each other.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view thereof.

Referring now in detail to'the drawing, the reference numeral representsan easy belt according to the present invention wherein there is a beltmember 11 made of durable rubber or of surgical tubing that can bestretched to fit around a water pump pulley l2 and a crank shaft pulley13 of an automobile.

One end of the belt 11 hasa tubular. shaped wire mesh 14 securedtherearoundand which extends beyond the belt end so to provide a femaleopening 15 in its outer end.

The other end of the belt has a male member 16 secured thereto by meansof a wire mesh 17 fitted around the belt. The male member 16 has aseries of radially extending hard rubber barbs I8 integral therewith.

The opposite ends of the belt can there be interconnected by fitting themale member into the opening 15 so that the barbs 18 get hooked up inthe female member wire mesh I4. Thus an easy and quick installation andconnection are made possible.

In operative use of the easy belt, it is not necessary to connect thealternator nor generator, because the battery can power the car for along distance before the battery power is depleted,-so that the car caneasily reach a Service Station in time for a repair.

In installing the device, the motorist puts the female end over thewater pump pulley, runs the other end down under the bottom crank shaftpulley, brings the male end up to the female end, stretching the rubbertubing, and makes the end connection. If a heat factor exists then aheat resistance cover may need to be applied.

Thus an easy belt is provided for allowing a car to run in a cooledcondition after its regular fan belt is broken.

While various changes may be made in the-detail construction, it isunderstood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention.

I claim:

1. A fan belt for autos comprising a combination of an elongated beltmember adaptable for extending around a water pump pulley anda-crankshaft pulley for temporary operation in case a regular belt hasbroken, and means at opposite ends of said belt member for quick andeasy interconnection, wherein said belt member comprises an elementthatis made of stretchable rubber wherein said means compises a tubularshaped female member of wire mesh secured on an end of said belt andwhich extends beyond the" end thereof so to include a female opening,wherein said means also includes a hard rubber male member secured onthe other end of said belt and which includes sideward extending barbsfor engaging said wire mesh when said male member is inserted into saidfemale member.

1. A fan belt for autos comprising a combination of an elongated beltmember adaptable for extending around a water pump pulley and acrankshaft pulley for temporary operation in case a regular belt hasbroken, and means at opposite ends of said belt member for quick andeasy interconnection, wherein said belt member comprises an element thatis made of stretchable rubber wherein said means compises a tubularshaped female member of wire mesh secured on an end of said belt andwhich extends beyond the end thereof so to include a female opening,wherein said means also includes a hard rubber male member secured onthe other end of said belt and which includes sideward extending barbsfor engaging said wire mesh when said male member is inserted into saidfemale member.